Belt-stud tool.



PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

J. STOGKER.

BELT STUD TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1904.

WITNE88E8 UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

JOHN STOCKER, OF MUSCATINE, IOWA.

BELT-STUD TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 786,065, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filed September 28, 1904:. Serial No. 226,323.

To all whmn it Wtay concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN STooKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Muscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Belt-Stud Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a tool for use in applying belt-studs, especially those of the Blake variety. Heretofore tools have been designed for a similar purpose; but they have usually been in the form of nippers and have always been so designed that it is necessary to grip the handle or some other part in order to retain the stud in the tool, and when the tool was laid down for any purpose the stud would drop out. It was also necessary to use a separate awl for spreading the belt-holes in order to apply the studs.

It is the object of my invention to provide an implement of the character mentioned in which the stud may be retained without any attention upon the part of the manipulator in such a manner that it will not drop out of the tool when the tool is laid aside or when it is used for any other purpose.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device for spreading the belt-holes preparatory to inserting the studs, this device to be in the form of an awl and applied at a convenient point upon the implement.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a practical embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, showing parts in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end of the tool upon an enlarged scale, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 t of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale.

10 represents the handle of the impiement. It is provided with an extension 11, which is preferably integral with the handle and is in turn provided with a depression consisting, usually, of two slots 12 and 13, the slot 12 extending across the face of the extension and the slot 13 extending longitudinally of the extension and communicating with the slot 12.

It will be obvious that a Blake belt-stud a will readily fit in this depression, the longitudinal part resting in the slot 13 and the cross part a, resting in the slot 12. The slots are preferably made of such size and shape as to permit the portions of a standard stud to iit snugly therein, and an additional retaining means is provided in the shape of a slide 14, working upon the extension 11. This slide preferably almost entirely surrounds the extension and may be made solid or in skeleton form except for the portion which is designed to cover the slots 12 and 13. 15 for receiving a screw 16, which is mounted upon the extension 11, and it is also provided with a handle 17 of any desired shape and construction either integral or not with the body of the slide. It will be readily understood that by manipulating the handle 17 the slide may be moved to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for holding the stud, or it may be drawn back to the position shown in Fig. 3 for permitting the stud to be removed or replaced.

In order to provide for normally holding the stud in the slots 12 and 13, resilient means is employed for forcing the slide to its extreme outer position and retaining it in that position except when resilient means is acted upon by a force in the opposite direction. This means is represented by a spring 18. An awl 19 is mounted upon the handle and preferably extends at right angles therefrom, its inner end acting as a stop for the end of said spring. It will be readily observed that the belt-holes may be conveniently enlarged by the awl after a stud is secured in the slots 12 and 13 and that without interfering with the position of the stud in the slots the tool can then be so turned as to insert the stud in the ordinary manner without interfering with the awl in any way. It will also be observed that the stud is securely held in position upon the end of the tool ready to be inserted at any time and The slide is provided with a slot;

that if the tool is laid aside or used for the purpose of enlarging the belt-holes the stud will not drop out and will always be in the desired position ready for use.

\VhileI have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, it

ll ii will be obvious that many changes may be made therein and that it may be constructed in many other forms.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An implement for manipulating beltstuds, comprising a handle having means for receiving and holding the end of a belt-stud, a slide for locking the stud in position, and a spring for normally holding the slide in looking position. I 2. An implement for holding belt-studs comprising ahandle having a groove near the end thereof for. receiving a belt-stud, a slide, means for normally forcing said slide into position to cover the groove, and a stop secured to the handle for limiting the movement of said slide in both directions.

3. An implement comprising a jaw having a transverse groove across its face, a plate adapted to cover said groove, and means for locking the plate against motion transverse to the jaw.-

4. An implement comprising a jaw having a transverse groove across its face, and a plate slidably mounted with respect to the jaw and adapted to cover the groove.

5. An implement comprising a jaw having a transverse and.a longitudinal groove adapted to receive and hold an article, and a plate mounted on the jaw, said plate having a slot and said jaw a headed element passing through the slot for guiding the plate and preventing it from moving transverse to the jaw, said plate being adapted to cover said grooves.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN STOOKER. Witnesses:

T. D. MITCHELL, GEORGE W. SoHoL'rEN. 

